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• After Turning to Painting Late in Life, Former Navy Fighter Pilot Ted Hartley Hosts a Benefit Exhibition for Ukraine

  02-12-2022 23:18 via artnews.com
  On a brisk Tuesday evening last month, just before Thanksgiving, artist Ted Hartley was out at dinner to celebrate his just-opened exhibition of new paintings at Keyes Gallery in Sag Harbor, New York. As he was eyeing the dozen oysters laid out in front of him, he began to explain his latest body of work. “It’s about walls,” Hartley said. “When you run into a wall you either have to get over it, go under it, get around it, or break it down. Life is about dealing with wall
  
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• Suspect in Shooting of Rapper Takeoff Arrested on Murder Charge in Houston

  02-12-2022 23:05 via nytimes.com
  The Houston Police said that Patrick Xavier Clark, 33, was being charged with murder, and that Takeoff had been an “innocent bystander.”
  
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• Philly arts and culture get an unexpected $21.3 million from City Hall - WHYY

  02-12-2022 22:44 via news.google.com
  Philly arts and culture get an unexpected $21.3 million from City Hall  WHYY
  
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• Gabriel Byrne Reflects on the End of His Broadway Show, and Tells T a Joke

  02-12-2022 22:39 via nytimes.com
  ‘Walking With Ghosts,’ which closed Nov. 20, allowed the Irish actor to showcase his passion for the humor of everyday life.
  
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• Warhol Foundation Announces Recipients of 2022 Arts Writer Grants

  02-12-2022 22:31 via artnews.com
  The New York-based Andy Warhol Foundation, which distributes grants in the creative sector, has announced the 2022 recipients of its lauded Arts Writers prize. The non-profit organization will distribute a total of $695,000 that will go to support twenty writers producing project across three literary categories: articles, books, and short-form writing. Each recipient will receive funding between $15,000 and $50,000. The annual grant is focused on supporting arts criticism.In a statement announc
  
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• An Exhibition Exalts the Book as a Bedrock of Cultural Memory

  02-12-2022 22:18 via nytimes.com
  A new exhibition, drawn from the collection of Rare Book School, offers a sweeping history of the tools and techniques behind this most durable, and changeable, of cultural artifacts.
  
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• BTS Leader RM Honored by South Korean Agency for Helping Preserve Korean Cultural Artifacts

  02-12-2022 21:56 via artnews.com
  RM, the leader of the pop group BTS, was recognized by a South Korean agency for his overseas efforts to help preserve and restore Korean cultural artifacts.The 28-year-old singer, who released his solo album Indigo on Friday, received a plaque of appreciation from the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA). RM, whose real name is Nam-joon, shared the news on Instagram with a short “Thank You” note. According to the Korea Times, the plaque’s engraving says, “You have cont
  
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• ‘Ain’t No Mo’’ Review: After Great Tribulation, an Exodus of Black Citizens

  02-12-2022 21:35 via nytimes.com
  In Jordan E. Cooper’s biting satire, Black Americans descended from slaves are offered one-way airfare to Africa.
  
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• $20.7 M. Max Beckmann Portrait Breaks German Auction Records

  02-12-2022 21:32 via artnews.com
  A self-portrait by the German Expressionist painter Max Beckmann may now be the most expensive artwork ever to sell at auction in Germany, according to a report by the Associated Press.The painting hammered for $20.7 million on Thursday at Berlin’s Grisebach auction house. The previous record was for a 15th-century bronze sculpture of a Buddhist deity from China, which sold last year for about $10 million.The painting, titled Selbstbildnis gelb-rosa (Self-Portrait Yello
  
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• FY2024 Delaware Division of the Arts Grant Applications for Arts & Community-Based Organizations and Schools Now Open - State of Delaware News - news.delaware.gov

  02-12-2022 21:31 via news.google.com
  FY2024 Delaware Division of the Arts Grant Applications for Arts & Community-Based Organizations and Schools Now Open - State of Delaware News  news.delaware.gov
  
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• Suspect Arrested in Killing of Takeoff, the Migos Rapper

  02-12-2022 21:22 via nytimes.com
  The Houston Police said that Patrick Xavier Clark, 33, was being charged with murder in the killing of Takeoff at a party in Houston last month.
  
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• Review: Dancing to Tears for Fears, Until They’re Worn Out

  02-12-2022 21:13 via nytimes.com
  The Israeli choreographer Emanuel Gat presents “LOVETRAIN2020,” a work set to hits by the British duo, for his company’s Brooklyn Academy of Music debut.
  
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• When Santa Slays: Holiday Genre Movies

  02-12-2022 20:37 via nytimes.com
  With the release of “Violent Night,” here’s a guide to streaming genre films that feature a not-always-jolly St. Nick.
  
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• Christmas Horror Movies to Watch After ‘Violent Night’

  02-12-2022 20:37 via nytimes.com
  With the release of “Violent Night,” here’s a guide to streaming genre films that feature a not-always-jolly St. Nick.
  
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• Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Feminist Cartoonist Who Depicted Personal Frustrations and Sexual Desires, Dies at 74

  02-12-2022 20:05 via artnews.com
  Pioneering cartoon artist Aline Kominsky-Crumb, whose self-deprecating drawings about frustrations and sexual longing made her a feminist hero, died from pancreatic cancer at 74 years old at her home in France on Tuesday. News of her death began spreading on social media and was later confirmed by David Zwirner, which represents her husband, R. Crumb.Kominsky-Crumb came up in the underground comics scene that grew out of the 1960s counterculture. While the scene was not particularly supportive o
  
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• London National Gallery Cancels Pushkin Museum Deal Following Ukraine Invasion

  02-12-2022 19:58 via artnews.com
  London’s National Gallery canceled a plan with Moscow’s Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, to jointly organize an exhibition around modern art. The collaboration was nixed by the British institution in early March following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, The Art Newspaper reports.National Gallery director Gabriele Finaldi is now working with its curators to replace 15 loans originally set to be supplied by the Pushkin museum for the show, titled “After Impressionism: Inventin
  
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• Review: J’Nai Bridges Brings Her Splendid Sound to an Eclectic Recital

  02-12-2022 19:54 via nytimes.com
  The mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges performed at the 92nd Street Y, joined by the pianist Mark Markham and the Catalyst Quartet.
  
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• Review: A Singer Brings Her Splendid Sound to an Eclectic Recital

  02-12-2022 19:54 via nytimes.com
  The mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges performed at the 92nd Street Y, joined by the pianist Mark Markham and the Catalyst Quartet.
  
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• Brad William Henke, N.F.L. Player Who Turned to Acting, Dies at 56

  02-12-2022 19:52 via nytimes.com
  A defensive lineman who played for the Denver Broncos, he later appeared in “Orange Is the New Black,” “Dexter” and “Lost.”
  
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• Trove of Rare Funeral Portraits and Coffins Unearthed in Ancient Egyptian Burial Site 

  02-12-2022 19:46 via artnews.com
  A vast funerary building dating to Ptolemaic Egypt and decorated with portraits of the long deceased was uncovered in the Garza archeological site. Heritage Daily reports that the structure was discovered at the Garza archeological site which has been under examination since 2016. Located about 50 miles south of Cairo, it was established in the third century BCE as part of an agricultural reclamation project launched by Ptolemy II Philadelphus (309–246 BCE).The funerary building
  
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• CNM Alumnus Named as Curator at 516 Arts — CNM - CNM

  02-12-2022 19:34 via news.google.com
  CNM Alumnus Named as Curator at 516 Arts — CNM  CNM
  
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• TikTok Is Filled With Sped-Up Remixes. Two Norwegians Pioneered Them.

  02-12-2022 19:08 via nytimes.com
  Thomas S. Nilsen and Steffen Ojala Soderholm made songs with superfast tempos and high-pitched vocals for a school project. They were shocked to learn their “nightcore” sound had gone global.
  
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• A History of Nightcore, the Sped-Up Remixes All Over TikTok

  02-12-2022 19:08 via nytimes.com
  Thomas S. Nilsen and Steffen Ojala Soderholm made songs with superfast tempos and high-pitched vocals for a school project. They were shocked to learn their “nightcore” sound had gone global.
  
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• ‘The Whale’ Premiere in NYC Inspired Strong Reactions

  02-12-2022 19:00 via nytimes.com
  More than 100 actors, singers and creative professionals attended the New York premiere of Darren Aronofsky’s new film at Alice Tully Hall this week. Some of them shared their thoughts.
  
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• ‘The Whale’ Premier in NYC Inspired Strong Reactions

  02-12-2022 19:00 via nytimes.com
  More than 100 actors, singers and creative professionals attended the New York premiere of Darren Aronofsky’s new film at Alice Tully Hall this week. Some of them shared their thoughts.
  
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• Freddie Roman, Who Brought Catskill Comedy to Broadway, Dies at 85

  02-12-2022 19:00 via nytimes.com
  Bored with selling shoes, he became a comedian in the 1960s and later conceived the hit show “Catskills on Broadway.” He was also the longtime dean of the Friars Club.
  
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• Georgetown University's College of Arts & Sciences Announces Name Change - College of Arts & Sciences - Georgetown University

  02-12-2022 18:51 via news.google.com
  Georgetown University's College of Arts & Sciences Announces Name Change - College of Arts & Sciences  Georgetown University
  
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• Georgetown University's College of Arts & Sciences Announces Name Change - College of Arts & Sciences - college.georgetown.edu

  02-12-2022 18:51 via news.google.com
  Georgetown University's College of Arts & Sciences Announces Name Change - College of Arts & Sciences  college.georgetown.edu
  
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• Freddie Roman,Who Brought Catskill Comedy to Broadway, Dies at 85

  02-12-2022 18:35 via nytimes.com
  Bored with selling shoes, he became a comedian in the 1960s and later conceived the hit show “Catskills on Broadway.” He was also the longtime dean of the Friars Club.
  
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• A Very Streaming Christmas

  02-12-2022 18:33 via nytimes.com
  With so many Christmas movies to stream this season, which ones are quality nuggets and which are lumps of coal?
  
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• 10 New Christmas Movies Streaming on Netflix, HBO Max and More

  02-12-2022 18:33 via nytimes.com
  With so many Christmas movies to stream this season, which ones are quality nuggets and which are lumps of coal?
  
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• Review: A Shostakovich Symphony Finally Reaches the Philharmonic

  02-12-2022 18:28 via nytimes.com
  The composer’s 12th, from 1961, is being played by the orchestra for the first time under the conductor Rafael Payare, also making his debut.
  
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• For Emma Corrin, Identity Is an Ever-Evolving Project

  02-12-2022 18:28 via nytimes.com
  Onscreen and off, the nonbinary star of “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” and “The Crown” has been exploring gender and the cost and responsibility of being heard.
  
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• DRIFT Restages Drone Performance for Art Basel Miami Beach’s 20th Anniversary

  02-12-2022 18:27 via artnews.com
  If you just so happened to look up at the Miami night sky over the last three evenings at the right moment—say, between 7 p.m. and 7:08 p.m.—you likely caught a glimpse of a swirling swarm of light. You weren’t dreaming, and it wasn’t a new UFO design. Instead, it was the work of Amsterdam-based artist duo Ralph Nauta and Lonneke Gordijn.  Studio DRIFT, as the artists have long been known, staged a performance of Franchise Freedom, their famed drone performance,
  
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• Jacolby Satterwhite, For Freedoms, Patrick Martinez, and More to Produce Art for LA3C, Penske Media’s New Culture and Creativity Festival

  02-12-2022 18:24 via artnews.com
  LA3C, an upcoming two-day culture and creativity festival launching later this month, will feature installations by a group of celebrated artists, including Jacolby Satterwhite, For Freedoms, and Patrick Martinez.PMC—the parent company of ARTnews and Art in America, as well as Rolling Stone, Variety, Billboard, and SheKnows, among other publications—launched LA3C Culture & Creativity Festival last July, but had to postpone the event du
  
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• Watch Santa Throw a Punch in ‘Violent Night’

  02-12-2022 18:01 via nytimes.com
  The director Tommy Wirkola narrates an action sequence from his new film, which stars David Harbour as Santa Claus.
  
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• ‘Violent Night’ | Anatomy of a Scene

  02-12-2022 18:01 via nytimes.com
  The director Tommy Wirkola narrates a sequence from his film starring David Harbour.
  
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• Coi Leray Borrows a Hip-Hop Classic, and 8 More New Songs

  02-12-2022 18:01 via nytimes.com
  Hear tracks by Ethel Cain, PinkPantheress, 100 gecs and others.
  
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• Environmental Activists Threaten to Start Slashing Paintings If Action Is Not Taken to Stop Climate Change

  02-12-2022 17:50 via artnews.com
  This year, some two dozen world-famous artworks, including pieces by Vermeer, Klimt, and and Munch, have been targeted by various climate activists groups. In a bid to bring attention to their cause, the demonstrators have hurled food at the paintings and glued themselves to frames, causing an uproar in the art community, despite the fact that they enacted no permanent damage to the art. However, that may soon change. In an interview with Sky News, Just Stop Oil spokesperson
  
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• Damaged Copy of ‘Salvator Mundi’ Sells for More Than $1 M. at Christie’s

  02-12-2022 17:39 via artnews.com
  A damaged copy of Salvator Mundi, a painting attributed by some to Leonardo da Vinci, became a surprise hit this week during an online Christie’s sale, where it sold for over $1 million.The exact author and date of the painting are not known, although Christie’s billed it as being by the Italian School and said it was done around 1600. Referring to its style, the house labeled the work as being “after Leonardo da Vinci.”The attribution of Salvator Mundi, the most expensiv
  
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• Pantone Names ‘Viva Magenta’ 2023’s Color of the Year, Prophesies the Rise of the ‘Magentaverse’

  02-12-2022 17:05 via artnews.com
  At Artechouse in Miami last night, Pantone revealed its color of the year for 2023: a shade known as Viva Magenta, a hue that is red but not too red, pink but not too pink.Pantone described Viva Magenta as “a pulsating color whose exuberance promotes optimism and joy. Powerful and empowering, it is an animated red that encourages experimentation and self-expression without restraint; an electrifying, boundaryless shade that is manifestly ‘out there’ and is a stand-out statement
  
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• Julia Reichert, Documentarian of the Working Class, Dies at 76

  02-12-2022 17:02 via nytimes.com
  She took home, to Ohio, a 2019 Oscar for “American Factory,” and in a long career teaching and making films, she paid special attention to working women.
  
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• ‘The Crown’ Could Have Damaged Charles. Becoming King Has Helped.

  02-12-2022 16:01 via nytimes.com
  The latest season of the Netflix drama depicts Charles’s contentious divorce from Diana, but in Britain, several prominent figures and the news media have rallied behind him.
  
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• New York City Ballet’s Sterling Hyltin Prepares for a Final Bow

  02-12-2022 16:00 via nytimes.com
  After a season of saying farewell to cherished roles, the City Ballet principal Sterling Hyltin prepares to take her final bow in “The Nutcracker.”
  
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• Comics Legend Aline Kominsky-Crumb Dies at 74, Pantone Picks Color of the Year, and More: Morning Links for December 2, 2022

  02-12-2022 15:55 via artnews.com
  The HeadlinesALINE KOMINSKY-CRUMB, the celebrated and irrepressible underground comic artist whose work inspired generations of artistic descendents, died on Tuesday of pancreatic cancer at the home in France, where she had long lived with her husband, and sometimes collaborator, Robert Crumb, the Associated Press reports. She was 74. Kominsky-Crumb’s work was regularly unflinching, uproarious, and avowedly feminist. In early 1970s, she was a member of the sto
  
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• Judy Chicago and Nadya Tolokonnikova Team Up to Create a Feminist Blockchain-Enabled Artwork

  02-12-2022 15:23 via artnews.com
  As the feminist gains of the past 50 years are slipping away, most notably with the repeal of Roe v. Wade, feminist artist Judy Chicago teamed up with Nadya Tolokonnikova, of the collective Pussy Riot, to transform her “What if Women Ruled the World?” series into a participatory art project. This new version is enabled by blockchain with the hopes of spawning a Web3 community dedicated to gender rights.The series’ question was at the center of a series of works that Judy Chicag
  
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• Kornel Mundruczo Brings Powerful Imagery to Wagner and Film

  02-12-2022 15:11 via nytimes.com
  Kornel Mundruczo’s varied career has included the Oscar-nominated movie “Pieces of a Woman,” stage productions across Europe and now, “Lohengrin.”
  
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• ‘Class Issues’ Exhibit in Berlin Broaches a Tough Art-World Topic

  02-12-2022 15:10 via nytimes.com
  An exhibition in Berlin shines a light on class, showing how social and financial inequality affect how art gets made, sold and displayed.
  
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• Isabelle Andriessen Gives New Meaning to “Long Duration”

  02-12-2022 15:03 via artnews.com
  In the storied limestone caves of southern France, shimmering, milky calcite engulfs and preserves the skulls of extinct species—cave bears, woolly mammoths. Its presence registers the millennia that divide our existence from theirs, the slow movement of the mineral-deposit process emphasizing the duration of the mammals’ stillness. Dutch sculptor Isabelle Andriessen re-creates similar enchanting mineral and sulfate deposits in the gallery, creating installations that imagine planet
  
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• Doing It Again: Spears Songs and Fairy Tale Characters, Now for Broadway

  02-12-2022 15:00 via nytimes.com
  “Once Upon a One More Time” plans to open on Broadway next summer.
  
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